West Ham Online

"West Ham United is delighted to announce the signing of Italy international defender Emerson Palmieri. The 28-year-old has joined the Hammers on a four-year contract with a one-year option for an undisclosed fee from fellow Premier League club Chelsea. A pacy and technically proficient left-back or left wing-back renowned for his stamina and attacking qualities, Emerson has won the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League during a stellar career. Born in Brazil, Emerson moved to Italian football in 2014, was granted Italian citizenship and switched international allegiance three years later, and has since won 27 caps, including a start in Italy’s Euro 2020 final victory over England at Wembley a year ago."

Carlton Cole doing the Emerson interview

"southbankbornnbred 1:56 Wed Aug 24 Agree with the sentiment but you should probably include cup games in those stats, especially since he was playing for clubs in European competitions. He played 71 games for Chelsea, not 33. He played 37 games last season, not nearly 30. In the last 4 seasons he played 100 club games and 27 internationals, not just 62 games."

"I’d give him 20 mins tomorrow, then start with him on Sunday."

Unimaginative signing. I reckon I could do Newman's job

"Has to start Sunday, not an overwhelming signing but a decent one who should improve us."

Good

"He's a no risk signing, you know what you're getting. I'm fairly pleased with it, without being too excited. Will be interesting to see if he comes in straightaway for Cress, or could he play both?"

"HG - he's lived in England for three full years, so he speaks the language. And although he only played 33 games for Chelsea, he did also spend the best part of last season on loan - and in the first team - at Lyon. So it's not like he hasn't played games. He's played 62 games in 4 seasons - including almost 30 last season. He's not exactly Winston Reid."

Definitely better as a wingback. He was good for Lyon and excellent for Italy in euros. I do think we will go for a back 5.

"Vexed 12:41 Wed Aug 24 Re: Emerson Palmieri - signed Solid signing, decent pedigree, knows the league Averaging 6 appearances per year over 5 years with Chelsea equates to knowing the league FMOB"

"It seems like extending the transfer window beyond the start of the season gives chancers like GSB* the excuse to see how the season starts before finishing their purchases. *Yes, I still blame GSB. We were like this before Moyes, so the most you can blame Moyes for is not reforming GSB."

Vexed- agree.

"BTW, contrast sbbb's answer, which is food for thought."

"yes, but a different outcome to years ago when julian ended up like a semi cripple. loads come back just as strong, I'm not joining in with the negative bollocks. whatever happens now, the same whining wankers bring everyone down and it won't end until the manager is changed"

"TM - true, although I should point out that he has had a major knee injury. He did his ACL - otherwise known as knee knack - a few years back while playing for Roma. It partially explains why he played so few games for them before getting fit again and joining Chelsea. IIRC he also had stiff competition at left-back at the time."

"I didn't ask why we didn't sign him if his wage demands had been zero and he had a zero transfer fee. Because they weren't. Thanks for the entirely uninformative answer, designed to make you look clever, and having exactly the opposite effect, BRANDED"

"I don't think it's desperate, but I can see where people look at his lack of games & worry. Chelsea have been stockpiling good players for many seasons, and loads will have similar appearance numbers. I take it as a positive that he didn't cost much, dropped his wage demands to get the move done, is a young 28, loads of miles left on the clock and decent experience in europe & the euros"

"I don't think it's desperate, but I can see where people look at his lack of games & worry. Chelsea have been stockpiling good players for many seasons, and loads will have similar appearance numbers. I take it as a positive that he didn't cost much, dropped his wage demands to get the move done, is a young 28, loads of miles left on the clock and decent experience in europe & the euros"

Same as vexed

"Solid signing, decent pedigree, knows the league, has pace, isn't Cresswell, wasn't super expensive, has come to play football. I'm IN."

"AOI, Which British left-back would you have suggested? Bearing in mind we've just signed Italy's #2 or #3 left-back. Arsenal made an inquiry about the English lad at Crystal Palace, Tyrick Mitchell, before they signed the Ukrainian. They were quoted £25m plus add-ons. And he's England's fourth or fifth choice left-back. We've just signed a European Championships winner - and somebody who has played almost 30 games for Italy - for a lot less."

"Stop worrying about this signing, Moyes has just said ""I know he played for Chelsea and you would think he would be ready to play but he needs time to settle in. We have a game on Thursday and I've got home a ticket to watch from the stands you know so he can bed in"""

Are you a cսnt? If so do you also have a retarded question?

A Chelsea reject who's played an average of around 12 games a season in the last 11 years. No thanks. This just reeks of desperation. I really don't like this kind of signing. Any chance we could get one or two Brits in the side?

Branded - are you auditioning for the Question Time gig when Bruce steps down? And now we turn to our audience...any of you cunts got any questions?